Blackmagic Designrecognized for its cameras and video post-production solutions, recently announced the release of the DaVinci Resolve Micro Color Panel. This compact and portable console is specially designed for color professionals. New, she comes accompany the iPad Pro from Apple for on-the-go calibration.
An ideal companion to the iPad Pro
If DaVinci Resolve software is available on iPad since the end of 2022, touchscreen operation or with the Apple Pencil could be a little limiting for pros used to a classic workflow. So, the news calibration console video Micro Color Panel offers a solution more intuitive and efficient to iPad users.
Measuring roughly the size of a (very) large computer keyboardthis console is much more compact than other calibration products offered by Blackmagic. Having a USB-C or Bluetooth connection, it also gains a slot to place an iPad Pro and thus carry out its calibration directly on DaVince Resolve on iPad. The console also has a internal battery to be used independently.
Note that the console can also be used with a Mac wired or wireless (Bluetooth or USB-C).
Key Features
The DaVinci Resolve Micro Color Panel is equipped with 3 trackballs weighted at high resolution and 12 precise control buttons (4096 adjustment steps per rotation). The console also includes 37 dedicated keys which facilitate access to the most used grading features and playback controls, and which can be associated with 3 different functions thanks to two Shift keys. Suffice to say that the options are numerous.
These physical controls provide access to all of the color correction tools in DaVinci Resolve software. Blackmagic designed this console with professional calibrators and kept a large part of the layout controls compared to larger, more comprehensive consoles for studios, so professionals find themselves there by passing from one to the other. Especially since this console can also be used with a computeras indicated above.
“The older DaVinci Resolve Micro Panel is popular with users who want a compact calibration panel. However, we wanted to create an even more portable and affordable solution,” said Grant Petty, CEO of Blackmagic Design. “The new DaVinci Resolve Micro Color Panel offers editors and colorists more features than the DaVinci Resolve Micro Panel, and even features only available on the Advanced Panel.
Price and availability
Console DaVinci Resolve Micro Color Panel is available for pre-order at a price of €558.
Our first opinion
The new Micro Color Panel console from Blackmagic Design is a portable and compact device which will be useful to post-production professionals as well as demanding creators, looking for a tactile and precise control of their colorimetric corrections.
Her compatibility with iPad from Apple makes it an ideal combo with the DaVinci Resolve application on iPad released in 2022. We appreciate the compactness and the many settings available, as well as the fact that the console can also be used with a computervia USB-C or Bluetooth.
